GLIN==> Timely press release: Great Lakes Seaway Trail Autumn Travel Trip Tips: VolksWalking, Geocaching, Halloween, Wine Weekends and More

PRESS RELEASE: September 5, 2011
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000 x200
Photos available from karalynn at gisco.net, 315-465-7578

Great Lakes Seaway Trail Autumn Travel Trip Tips:
VolksWalking, Geocaching, Halloween, Wine Weekends and More
 
Autumn traveling along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway
offers agricultural bounty, spectacular seasonal colors, sparkling sunsets,
and lots of fun places and events. Here is a list of 10 exciting travel
themes for fall 2011.
 
First-Ever Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalk
Get up, get out, and talk the first-ever Great Lakes Seaway Trail VolksWalk
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets
Harbor, NY. This inaugural American Volkssport Association-sanctioned event
has a War of 1812 theme in keeping with New York State¹s annual September
24th recognition of the historic conflict: www.seawaytrail.com/volkssport
<http://www.seawaytrail.com/volkssport> .
 
Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail
Geocaching is a hot new healthy outdoor adventure on the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail. Grab your GPS and search for the 75 hidden caches amidst our scenic,
natural and cultural landscape.  Have fun and earn collectible geocoins;
learn how at www.seawaytrail.com/geotrail.
 
Calling All Quilters
Patch together your crazy quilt friends for a Great Lakes Seaway Trail
quilting tour ­ see free itinerary at www.seawaytrail.com/roadtrips
<http://www.seawaytrail.com/roadrips>  - with a dozen shops to visit and the
September 23-29, 2011 Quilting Around Chautauqua Show at the elegant
Victorian-era Chautauqua Institution. Shop for fabrics to make your War of
1812-style quilt for our March 17-18, 2012 show ­
www.seawaytrail.com/quilting.
 
Byway Birding Bonanza
Bring binoculars on the free byway birding itinerary ­
www.seawaytrail.com/roadtrips <http://www.seawaytrail.com/roadtrips> - that
reaches from the Pennsylvania Borderlands and Presque Isle to New York¹s
Braddock Bay and Derby Hill Bird Observatories, the Indian River Lakes and
Lake St. Lawrence. The fall migration is a busy time on this important
flyway.
 
All About Apples, Corn, Pumpkins and Fall
Ontario Orchard¹s Fall Jamboree September 17-18 includes apple and pumpkin
picking, hay rides, and a corn maze in Sterling, NY:
www.ontarioorchards.com. The great big pumpkins turn out for Oswego, NY¹s
Pumpkinfest October 1-2: www.oswegofultonchamber.com
<http://www.oswegofultonchamber.com> . Leisurely drive our scenic country
roads to farm markets to discover the different tastes, textures and scents
of many varieties of apples on the Oct 7-10 Wayne County NY Apple Tasting
Tour. Stop at three wineries along the way; map: 800-527-6510,
www.waynecountytourism.com <http://www.waynecountytourism.com> . Find farm
markets and events Trailwide at www.seawaytrail.com.
 
Fabulous Freshwater Fishing
The autumn fishing is fabulous in the waters along the Great Lakes Seaway
Trail. Anglers from around the world will fish a 35-mile stretch of St.
Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Massena, NY for the September 23-30, 2011
Carp Angling World Championship with nearly $150,000 in cash and prizes:
www.carptournamentseries.com.
 
For Grown-Ups Only
Leave the kids at home September 23rd and dress up in creative costumes for
the posh Play Ball at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY.
The menu has all your childhood favorite foods with a gourmet twist. Get
your tickets ahead: www.museumofplay.org <http://www.museumofplay.org> .
 
Wild for Wildlife
Learn flytying and casting and pet the fish at the September 24th Salmon
River Hatchery¹s National Hunting & Fishing Day Open House in Altmar, NY:
315-298-7605. New York and Canadian environmental educators and wildlife
rehabilitators answer your questions at the New York Power Authority Power
Project¹s September 24-25 Wildlife Festival in Lewiston: www.nypa.gov. Feel
the soft fur of an alpaca at Sandy Creek Alpacas Farm¹s September 25th open
house event in Kendall, NY: www.sandycreekalpacas.com
<http://www.sandycreekalpacas.com> .
 
The Haunted Byway
The haunted happenings on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail include the October
21-22 candlelight ghost tours of historic Fort Ontario in Oswego require
advance tickets: www.fortontario.com <http://www.fortontario.com> .
Friday-Saturday nights-only nerve-shattering mix of live actors, animation,
evil characters, dazzling special effects occurs all month at Screamers¹
Hollow in Sterling, NY: www.screamershollow.com
<http://www.screamershollow.com> . Sundays September 18-October 30 take a
trolley or walking tour of Buffalo¹s historic Forest Lawn Cemetery -
www.forest-lawn.com <http://www.forest-lawn.com> . See how history, art,
architecture and nature blend into a unique resting place for many famous
people ­ you may even meet some!
 
Wine Weekends
As autumn wanes, wind your way along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail to wine
festivals: September 17 at Boldt Castle on Heart Islands in the 1000 Islands
at Alexandria Bay: www.boldtcastle.com; September 23-25 at North East,
Pennsylvania¹s Wine Country Harvest Festival: www.nechamber.org; and to
wineries along Lake Erie from Forestville, NY to North East, PA for November
4-6 and 11-13 harvest season weekends: www.lakeeriewinecountry.org
<http://www.lakeeriewinecountry.org> .
 
For year¹round travel ideas and free itineraries, visit www.seawaytrail.com
<http://www.seawaytrail.com> or call 315-646-1000. #
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